#9EC42D#9EC42D

#9EC42D is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.469; OKLCH L 76.6% C 0.174 H 123.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9EC42D
RGB	rgb(158, 196, 45)
HSL	hsl(75, 63%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(75, 77%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.4%, 0%, 77%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.15, -32.55, 66.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.15, 73.59, 116.25°)
OKLab	oklab(76.61% -0.0954 0.1453)
OKLCH	oklch(76.61% 0.174 123.3)
XYZ	xyz(34.3146, 46.9382, 9.7343)
Luminance	0.4694 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9EC42D #532DC4

analogous

#C49E2D #9EC42D #53C42D

triadic

#9EC42D #2D9EC4 #C42D9E

tetradic

#9EC42D #2DC49E #532DC4 #C42D53

square

#9EC42D #2DC49E #532DC4 #C42D53

split-complementary

#9EC42D #2D53C4 #9E2DC4

monochromatic

#4E6016 #769222 #9EC42D #B7D856 #CDE488

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#9EC42D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.39

#9EC42D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9EC42D

10.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9EC42D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9EC42D	1.00	2.02	10.39	10.39
#FFFFFF	2.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D0B700

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBB63C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A6BAA8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ec42d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 196, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.6% 0.174 123.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfd672',
    500: '#9ec42d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ec42d;
$custom-light: #bfd672;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ec42d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 75.099,
    "s": 62.656,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7661,
    "c": 0.17383,
    "h": 123.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.46938
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9EC42D

secondary

#9380CD

accent

#42E66B

background

#FCFDF7

surface

#F8FAED

border

#D1D3C8

text

#131409

muted

#82837B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9EC42D

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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